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15ème Forum international de la météo et du climat

Vincent Gabaglio

Monitoring weather and climatefrom space


One year of weather 2017

Video available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=9YAXEHLNphY


METOP A-B(LOW-EARTH, SUN – SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT)

EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM/INITIAL JOINT POLAR SYSTEM

JASON-2(LOW-EARTH, 63° INCL. NON SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT)

OCEAN SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MISSION

METEOSAT 9-10-11 (2nd GENERATION)(GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT)

TWO-SATELLITE SYSTEM:

- METEOSAT-10: FULL DISK IMAGERY MISSION AT 0° (15 MN)

- METEOSAT- 9: RAPID SCAN SERVICE OVER EUROPE AT 9.5°E (5 MN)

- METEOSAT -11: STORED IN ORBIT (UNTIL MID 2018)

Current satellites in orbit

INDIAN OCEAN DATA COVERAGE FROM 41°5 E(SINCE 1 FEBRUARY 2017 UP TO JUNE 2020)

METEOSAT 8 (2nd GENERATION)

shared with CNES/NOAA/-3, /EU


Meteosat


Meteosat rapid-scan


MSG for nowcasting of severe weather: thunderstorms


Rapid scan


MSG for transport: aviation

Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud from 7 to 11 May 2010 (second eruption)

See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifz5a8q5Mb0

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The need for two types of meteorological satellites

Geostationary orbitVital for forecasts up to a few hours

Polar orbitCritical for forecasts up to 10 days


EUMETSAT Polar System: part of the Initial Joint Polar System shared with the US


ECMWF – Europe is a world leader of medium-range numerical weather prediction


IJPS contribution to forecasting Irma

Forecast with satellites

Forecast without satellites

700hPa humidity and wind initial conditions with satellites

700hPa humidity and wind initial conditions without satellites

Red shading humidity > 95%


Cooperative Jason missions

SENTINEL-6/JASON-CS2020

JASON-32016OSTM/JASON-2

2008

JASON-12001

TOPEX-POSEIDON1992-2006


Jason contributing to mean sea level observations


Jason-3 contributing to El Nino observations


`Copernicus - Sentinel-3

1. OLCIOcean and Land Colour Instrument

2. SLSTRSea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer

3. SRALSAR Radar Altimeter

4. MWRMicrowave Radiometer

1

3

2

4


Sea surface temperature

See video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thhFs8WYBrE


Operational services call for long term commitments...03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40YEAR...

METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION

METEOSAT THIRD GENERATION

EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM (EPS)

METEOSAT-8METEOSAT-9

MSG-3/METEOSAT-10MSG-4/METEOSAT-11*

MTG-I-1 : IMAGERYMTG-S-1: SOUNDING

MTG-I-2: IMAGERYMTG-I-3: IMAGERY

MTG-S-2: SOUNDINGMTG-I-4: IMAGERYMETOP-A

METOP-SG A: SOUNDING AND IMAGERYMETOP-SG B: MICROWAVE IMAGERY

JASON (HIGH PRECISION OCEAN ALTIMETRY)

JASON-2

JASON-3

COPERNICUS

SENTINEL-3 A/B/C/DSENTINEL-4 ON MTG-S

SENTINEL-5 ON METOP-SG A03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40YEAR...

Mandatory Programmes

Third Party Programmes

SENTINEL 6 (JASON-CS)

Optional Programmes

METOP-BMETOP-C

EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM SECOND GENERATION (EPS-SG)


Thematic climate data records: albedo


Thematic climate data records: sea ice


Arctic sea ice extent – Daily product

- One year video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcrCUAKZw-8



MTG full operational configuration

MTG-IRapid Scan Service

MTG-SSounding Service

MTG-IFull Scan Service


MTG-I imaging mission

Imagery mission implemented by two MTG-I satellites

Full disc imagery every 10 minutes in 16 bands

Fast imagery of Europe every 2.5 minutes

New Lightning Imager (LI) Start of operations in 2021 Operational exploitation:

2021-2042


2.5 min scan from Meteosat


MTG – higher resolution imagery

Example of ash detection, SEVIRI Natural Colour RGB, 12:15 UTC, 26 November 2006 (left), MODIS True Colour RGB, 12:20 UTC, 26 November 2006


Lightening imager

See see : https://vimeo.com/271164181vi


MTG-S sounding mission

Hyperspectral infrared sounding mission

3D weather cube: temperature, water vapour, O3, every 30 minutes over Europe

Air quality monitoring and atmospheric chemistry in synergy with Copernicus Sentinel-4 instrument

Start of operations in 2023 Operational exploitation:

2023-2042


Launch event


Information

• Training: https://training.eumetsat.int/• MOOC:

• Ocean:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thhFs8WYBrE

• Atmosphere composition: in October 2018Air quality, fires, ash, dust, greenhouse gases

• Image library (case study)• https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Images/ImageLibr

ary/index.html

• Earth pics:• http://pics.eumetsat.int


Social media

• Twitter: @eumetsat

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Monitoring weather and climate from space€¦ · 10.09.2011 · OSTM/JASON-2 2016 2008 JASON-1 2001 TOPEX-POSEIDON 1992-2006. 14 15e Forum International de la Météo et du Climate